Bosco ran into the house and up the stairs, pulling his shirt over his mouth and nose to try to keep the smoke out.  He could barely see his hand in front of his face the smoke was so thick.  His eyes began to water and he began coughing.  He had no idea which way to go, but he wasn't going to leave without those kids.

"Hello?"  He shouted, and immediately began coughing as his lungs filled with smoke.

"Help us!"

Bosco turned toward the sound and started making his way down the hall.  He found an open door and went in, hoping it was the right room.  He took a few steps and tripped over something in the floor.  As he fell, his head connected solidly with something.  He grabbed his head, cursing, and felt something warm and sticky under his hand. 

"Is someone there?"

Bosco immediately forgot about his head and made his way towards the voice.  He saw two small boys sitting in the corner of the room clinging tightly to each other. 

"Hey, guys.  I'm here to help you ok."

"Are you an angel?"

The question startled Bosco.  "Uh, no, I'm not an angel.  I'm a police officer.  I'm going to get you out of here and to you mother ok?"

"OK."

He picked the two boys up.  "I need you guys to hold your breath as much as you can and not breathe in the smoke ok."

"OK."

"Ok, here we go."

Bosco made his way out the door and back down the hall.  He found the stairs and quickly descended them and made his way outside.  A bus was just pulling up, as were FDNY.  He saw Faith and the mother and quickly took the boys toward them.

"Oh thank God!  My babies!  Thank you so much officer.  Are you guys ok?"

"Bosco, what happened to your head?" Faith asked alarmed.

"About time you guys got here" Bosco hollered as Jimmy, DK, and Walsh ran towards the house.  They just ignored him and continued on about their job.

"Bosco"

"What?"

"Your head, what happened?" Faith asked as she pulled him towards Alex and Kim's bus.

"Huh?  Oh, I fell.  Hit it on something." He managed to get out around a coughing fit.

Alex immediately put an oxygen mask on him, and then started cleaning the cut on his head.

"Just couldn't wait could you Bosco?"  Kim asked.

Bosco took off the mask and was about to reply when Alex pushed the mask back onto his face.

"Leave it on Bosco.  You inhaled a lot of smoke, you need the oxygen."

Bosco kept the mask on and glared at Kim while Alex finished up with his cut.  She just rolled her eyes at him and watched for Jimmy to come back out of the building.

"You'll need to go to the hospital, let them check your lungs and you probably have a concussion." Alex said, drawing Bosco's attention.  "And no arguing because you're not going to win.  I'm just as stubborn as you, and I have Faith to help me" she said, before Bosco could say a word.  He looked at Faith and she gave him a don't mess with me look.  He knew there was no way he was going to win this, so he just sat back and glared at them both.  They both laughed and then started chatting as they waited for the fire to be put out.

Finally feeling that he could breathe without the oxygen mask, Bosco took it off.

"Hey, how are those kids doing?"

Alex and Faith stopped talking and Alex immediately reached for the mask and shoved it back on Bosco's face. 

"They're fine.  Doc and Carlos checked them out.  I don't know how, but they didn't even breathe in hardly any smoke.  You, however, did…so keep the mask on until I tell you to take it off" Alex replied.

The fire was finally put out, with no one receiving any injuries, so Alex and Kim transported Bosco to the hospital, with Faith following behind in the squad car. 

"Bosco, wait here while I get a wheelchair" Alex told him.

"I got two legs, I can walk" he replied, climbing out of the bus.

"Yeah, well, I brought this out here so you're gonna sit in it."  Bosco looked up to see Proctor heading straight for him, pushing a wheelchair.  "Figured he would give you trouble" Proctor smiled at Alex and Kim as she positioned the wheelchair behind Bosco. 

Bosco realized he had no choice but to sit in the wheelchair, as he was surrounded and had nowhere else to run.  He had Proctor behind him, Alex and Kim on either side, and Faith in front of him.  He put a scowl on his face and sat down in the chair.  The women just laughed at him, and Proctor wheeled him inside and into an exam room, Faith following behind her.  Alex and Kim went to fill out their paperwork.

"OK, put this on and then sit on the exam table, the doctor will be here shortly" Proctor told him as she handed him a gown.

"Why do I need to put this on?  It's just my head and lungs, I can just take my shirt off."

"Don't argue with me Bosco.  You need to be thoroughly checked over, so put it on."

Proctor left, winking at Faith on the way out.  Faith tried to keep from laughing, but when Bosco looked over at her she couldn't help herself.  He looked extremely pissed, and for some reason she found it thoroughly amusing.  Bosco was about to say something, but luckily Faith was saved by a knock on the door.  She opened it to find the woman from the fire with her two boys.

"Uh, a nurse said I could find the officer that saved by babies in here."

Faith smiled at the woman and stepped aside to let her and the boys in.  "Right over there."

Bosco immediately started fidgeting as he became overwhelmed with nervousness.  He hated it when people made a big deal out of something that wasn't a big deal. 

"I just wanted to thank you for saving my babies and they wanted to meet their angel."

"Their angel?"

"Yeah.  They watch too much Touched By An Angel.  They thought you were that angel of death, Andrew, but now they think you're their guardian angel.  Anyway, this is Nicholas, and this is Zack, and I'm Josie."

"Uh, nice to meet you" Bosco said.  He looked over at Faith for help, but she just looked at him and shrugged.  Bosco turned his attention back to the boys as they climbed onto the exam table and proceeded to hug him.  He awkwardly hugged them back, grateful when their mother took hold of them.

"Come on boys.  Let's leave the nice officer alone now and let the doctors fix him up ok."

"He doesn't need a doctor" Nicholas said.  "He's an angel.  Angel's can heal themselves, right?" he asked, looking at Bosco.

Bosco didn't know what to say, he wasn't good with dealing with kids.  He looked over at Faith, and she walked up to Nicholas.

"Of course they can.  But, sometimes, they don't want people to know they're angels, so they have to act like any other person and let the doctors heal them."

Bosco couldn't believe Faith was encouraging this. 

"Don't worry, we won't tell anyone your secret." Nicholas whispered to Bosco.

He then took his mom's hand and they all left with a final thank you to Bosco.

"Faith! How could you do that?  You just lied to that kid.  Now they think I'm an angel."

Faith smiled great big at Bosco.  "Did you really want me to burst his bubble Bosco?  He was so happy.  I couldn't break his little heart.  Besides, you can just add it to your list of secret lives.  Santa, Angel, who knows, maybe you'll be the Easter Bunny next" Faith laughed.

"Cute, real cute Faith.  Next year, I'm making sure you get to be Santa."

Faith just laughed and then left as the doctor came in.

"You haven't changed yet."

"All I need to do is take my shirt off" Bosco replied, peeling off his shirt.  "I don't know what Proctor was thinking, saying I needed to change into a gown."

The doctor just smiled and shook his head as he looked over Bosco's chart.  Apparently Proctor was trying to have a little fun with the officer.  Sometimes he just didn't know what to do with her.

"Ok, let's get you checked out."

An hour later, Bosco and Faith were headed back to the precinct.  It had been suggested that Bosco stay overnight so they could keep an eye on him because of his concussion, but he promptly refused.  He and Faith changed into their civvies and headed out. 

"Maybe you should stay with me tonight."

"Why?"

"Bosco, you have a concussion.  Someone needs to keep an eye on you."

Bosco turned and smiled at Faith.  "Oh, someone will.  All night long I'll be getting tender loving care.  I have my own nurse you know."

"You're still with her?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Nothing.  I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Of course."

"You ok to drive home?"

"I'm fine Faith."

"Ok, ok.  I'll C-ya tomorrow."

"Cya."